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About Bagri Village

Bagri is a mid sized village in Erki tehsil, in the district of Khunti, Jharkhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 742, made up of 384 males and 358 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 932 females per 1000 males. The village covers 878.34 hectares hectares.

Bagri Overview

Census 2011 figures for Bagri village
Description Value
State Jharkhand
District Khunti
Tehsil Erki
Area (hectares) 878.34 hectares
Population 742
Male Population 384
Female Population 358
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 932
Bus Service (public) Available within 10+ km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Bagri compares

By the 2011 count Bagri is the 37th largest of the 126 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little above average, where the typical village holds 626 residents. Its 878.34 hectares work out to about 0.8 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, well below the tehsil average of 1005.

Getting to Bagri

Bagri is fairly remote, with both bus and rail more than ten kilometres away. The census records public bus service for Bagri as Available within 10+ km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within 10+ km distance. For rail, the census notes the nearest railway station as Available within 10+ km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Bagri from other places

Bagri lies about 25 km from Khunti, and the nearest railway station is Chakradharpur, about 32 km away. The figures below are straight-line distances from the village to each place. A road journey is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again.

Distances from Bagri
Tehsil headquarters Erki 25 km
District headquarters Khunti 25 km
Nearest railway station Chakradharpur 32 km

Villages closest to Bagri

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Erki tehsil.

Source: Census of India 2011, the most recent completed census. Figures have not been revised since collection. Read more on our about the data page.

Common questions about Bagri

As per the Census of India 2011, Bagri village had a population of 742. That makes it the 37th largest of the 126 villages in the tehsil, a little above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 626 residents.

Bagri village has 384 males and 358 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Bagri has about 932 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, well below the tehsil average of 1005.

Bagri covers 878.34 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 0.8 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Bagri falls under Erki tehsil of Khunti district in Jharkhand.

The nearest railway station to Bagri is Chakradharpur, about 32 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within 10+ km distance.

The census records public bus service as Available within 10+ km distance and private bus service as Available within 10+ km distance for Bagri.

Bagri is about 25 km from Khunti in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Bagri is in Erki tehsil of Khunti district. Erki is about 25 km away. Khunti is about 25 km away. Chakradharpur is about 32 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Chatamhutub (1.6 km), Madhatu (2.2 km) and Parasu (2.6 km).

No. It is the count from the Census of India 2011, the most recent completed census. The population of Bagri today is likely to be higher.

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